1、Last year my sixth-grader daughter ,Elizabeth ,was forced to put up with science .Her education week after week ,contained mindless memorization of big words like “batholith” and “saprophyte” She learned by heart the achievements of famous scientists who did things like “improved nuclear fu-sion(核聚变
2、) “never mind that she hasnt the least idea of what nuclear fusion means .Elizabeth did very well (shes good at memorizing things ). And now she hates science .My eighth-grad-er son ,Ben ,also suffered from science education . Week after week he had to perform lab experiments with answers already kn
3、own .Ben figured out how to guess the right answers ,so he got good grades .Now he hates science ,too.Science can provide an exciting way to develop childrens curiosity .Science education should teach ways to ask questions and week answers .But my children got the mistaken idea in school than scienc
4、e is difficult dull and has no relation to their everyday interests .As a physicist ,I am saddened and angered to see “the great science turnoff” I know that science is important in our lives .Yet studies prove that our schools are turning out millions of graduates who know almost nothing about and
5、have almost no interest in science .Whats gone wrong ?Who is to blame ?58.We learn from paragraph 1 that .A.the writer was proud of Elizabeth and BenB.both Elizabeth and Ben could become scientistsC.Elizabeth had to learn much about great scientistsD.Ben was good at trying new ideas in lab experimen
6、ts59.The writer thinks that in science education we should first .A.get students interested in the subjectB.answer students questions in delightful ways.C.smooth out difficulties in lab experimentsD.explain the special terms clearly60.By writing the text ,the author questions .A.the difficulty level of the science textsB.the way science is taught in schoolC.the achievements of famous scientistsD.students poor records in science classes答案 58.B 59.D 60.A
